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Tremarctos Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent, 5.333–0 Ma |
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| Spectacled bear, Tremarctos ornatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Subfamily: | Tremarctinae |
| Genus: |
Tremarctos Gervais, 1855 |
| Type species | |
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Tremarctos ornatus Cuvier, 1825 |
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| Species | |
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†T. floridanus (Gildey, 1928) |
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†T. floridanus (Gildey, 1928)
T. ornatus (Cuvier, 1825)
Tremarctos is a genus of the family Ursidae, subfamily Tremarctinae endemic to Americas from the Pliocene to recent. The northern species, the Florida short-faced bear, was extinct 11 000 years ago. The sole living Tremarctos species is the South American spectacled bear.